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UN TED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JAMES 0. VVADDELL, 0F ELIZABETH, sEw JEEsEY.

SAN D-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,535, dated March27, 1883.

Application filed December 1. 1852. (No model.)

To all! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES O;WAD 1)ELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle-Protectors;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of the inventiom-such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make. and use the same, reference beingbad to the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to more effectively hold theaxle-greaseor other wheellubricant within the axle-box in the hub, and

' prevent it from collecting on the exterior of the said hub and on theexposed portion of the axle, whereat it collects the dust raised whenthe wagon is being drawn, which dust works into the axle-box and causesthe axle to wear away and the wheels to rattle. Further objects are toreduce the cost of construction by simplifying the device, and to rendersaid device capable of being arranged upon a carriage with the leastamount of trouble orexpense.

Axles,-where they engage with the wheels or form the journals for thewheels, ordinarily increase in diameter as they approach the wagon-body,the axle-box in the wheel-hub being correspondingly formed-that is tosay, smaller toward the outside a of the hub than toward theinside b.This construction, which is the usual one in carriages, &c., causes thelubricant to work toward the back and collect on the outside of the huband on the axle, as before stated.

The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe claims.

The accompanying drawing is a sectional view of the hub portion ofacarriage-wheel, a b representing said hub, and b spokes,

, which extend radially therefrom in the ordinary manner.

Upon the back portion, bflof said hub, which lies adjacent to the wagonor carriage body, and. in which lies the wider portion of the axlebox,is formed a band, 0, which may be spun from sheet metal. Said bandprojects over the edge of the hub, and bulges to form an annular socket,0%, adapted to receive the periphery of a flange, g, or disk arrangedupon the axle. When the band a is metallic the disk g is of rubber.

The collar 6, which in the case shown carries the disk or flange g, hasan aperture or perforation formed therein, which is usually square toconform to the square axle-iron f. The rubber collar, by stretching, isadapted to hug snugly several sizes of iron, as will be evident, andprevent the exit of oil, grease, on

other lubricant at that point. Said collar is arranged a short distanceback of the hub, as

shown, forming a small chamber for the reception of the grease, which,being kept free from grit or dust, maintains its lubricating qualitiesfor along time. The band 0, after bulging to form the socket, is bentback toward the center, the edge thereof overhanging the rear edge ofthe hub. Said band is thus adapted to throw ofi' any mud falling fromthe spokes, &c., away fromthe axle-box. It will be thus apparent thatthe band alone is capable of protecting the hub in a degree, and

alone is an improvement of practical value. The collar a, revolving withthe wheel, can be used gith or take the place of the ordinary band.

The portion g, being formed of rubber, is

capable of stretching to suit several sizes of axle and form a perfectand impervious joint therewith without any peculiar care in fitting.Said portion is also adapted to be arranged upon or removed from theaxle without the employment of screws or pins or other device capable ofbeing broken, lost, or otherwise inconvenient.

The axle-protector thus described is capable of being constructed at buta small cost, can be applied readily to either new or old vehicles, isneat in appearance, will not interfere with the action of the wheel ormar the appearance of the same, and is withal very effective in itsoperations.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, the band c,.havin g an annularsocket, to, therein,in combination with a perforated flanged collar, 6,on-axle, of a band, 0, having the bulged therehaving the periphery ofthe flange thereof arin and the rubber collar g, all arranged and rangedin the socket d, all said parts being operating as herein set forth.adapted to be arranged on the hub and axle In testimony that I claim theforegoing I :5 5 of a carriage-wheel, as herein set forth. have hereuntoset my hand this 27th day of 2. The combination, with the hub and wag-November, 1882. on-axle, of a band projecting from the back edge of thehub, and a rubber collar or disk, all JAMES WADDELL' arranged andoperating substantially as set Witnesses: 1o forth and shown. CHARLES H.PELL,

3. The combination, with the hub and wag OLIVER DRAKE.

